Most obese, overweight patients do not lose weight after lumbar decompression

More big fat liars.

"Although many obese and overweight patients claim that they will lose weight after their pain due to lumbar stenosis is relieved, a study presented here indicates that most will not."

Just like the fatties who don't lose weight after heart surgery or cardiac diagnosis.

"'Good-to-excellent outcomes following successful lumbar decompression for neurogenic claudication does not aid overweight or obese patients in losing weight,' Ryan Garcia, MD, said. 'Overweight or obese patients either gain or maintain their preoperative body weight at an average 30-month follow-up.'"

Make them pay back the system if they don't lose the weight and took even a penny from the public coffers.